# 141 East 21 Street, Brooklyn, NY

Public-record building report from Know Your Building (https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3050820067/141-east-21-street-brooklyn).
BBL 3050820067 · BIN 3116594 · Generated 2026-10-23

## Concern level: high

- 18 open class-C HPD violations (immediately hazardous) — about 1 per 4 apartments
- 13 of those issued in the last 3 years
- 3 open rent-impairing violation(s)
- 3 active DOB violation(s)

Scale: low, moderate, high, severe. Set from open hazardous violations relative to building size, raised by distress signals (HPD's Alternative Enforcement Program, court harassment findings, evictions, unpaid OATH/ECB fines, open housing-court cases, a sold tax lien). It describes the public record, not any one apartment.

## Rent stabilization

Likely rent-stabilized. The owner registered 76 stabilized units for 2023, of about 76 apartments.
Registered units by year: 2018: 76, 2019: 76, 2020: 76, 2021: 76, 2022: 76, 2023: 76.
No public data says which specific apartment is stabilized; tenants can request their rent history from NYS Homes and Community Renewal.

## The building

built 1927, 6 floors, 76 residential units.

## HPD housing-maintenance violations

45 open (class C immediately hazardous: 18, class B hazardous: 14, class A non-hazardous: 13); 870 on record.
13 open class-C violations were issued in the last 3 years.
3 open violations are rent-impairing.

## DOB building violations

3 active (1 issued in the last 3 years); 52 on record.

## OATH/ECB violations and fines

1 active of 82 on record; 0 decided by default; $2,500 balance due.

## 311 housing complaints

32 in the last 12 months; 326 on record.
Most common: UNSANITARY CONDITION (59), PAINT/PLASTER (53), HEAT/HOT WATER (48), PLUMBING (40), DOOR/WINDOW (27).

## Bedbugs

9 annual bedbug filings by the owner; latest reports 0 infested units.

## Evictions

0 executed in the last 3 years; 4 on record.

## Housing court (HPD litigation)

37 cases on record, 0 open, 30 tenant-initiated, 0 with a court finding of harassment.

## Landlord

- CorporateOwner: WEST STERLING REALTY LLC
- Agent: WEST STERLING REALTY LLC
- HeadOfficer: ALEX CORNEJO
- Officer: ALEX CORNEJO
- Shareholder: JOSEPH POPACK
- SiteManager: ALEX CORNEJO

The same owner is linked to 2 other buildings (ALEX CORNEJO at 438 KINGSTON AVENUE).

## Sources and limits

NYC Open Data (HPD, DOB, OATH/ECB, 311, DOF, PLUTO) and NYS DHCR building lists. This is a screening signal from public records, not legal advice; records lag and contain errors. Full interactive report with violation details and maps: https://knowyourbuilding.nyc/building/3050820067/141-east-21-street-brooklyn